Upper GI Clinical Nurse Specialist Band 6
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a dynamic, organised, flexible, reliable, and compassionate individual with a special interest in Upper GI cancer care. The post holder will support patients and their families/carers with oesophago-gastric cancer, acting as a core member of the Upper G.I Multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include autonomous clinical decision-making, facilitating investigations, coordinating care, and providing information to enable informed choices. The role requires preparedness for the distressing nature of palliative care and managing psychological wellbeing.
Essential criteria
- Current NMC registration
- Substantial post qualification experience at band 5 and above
- Experience of caring for patients with upper GI related conditions in the acute setting
- Evidence of effective communication
- Experience of supporting patients with a cancer diagnosis
Desirable criteria
- Manages own specialist workload
- Experience of breaking bad news to patients
- IT literate
- Evidence of accurately maintaining patient records
- Qualifications & Experience
- Current NMC registration
- Substantial post qualification experience at band 5 and above
- Experience of caring for patients with upper GI related conditions in the acute setting
- Evidence of effective communication
- Experience of supporting patients with a cancer diagnosis
- Manages own specialist workload
- Experience of breaking bad news to patients
- IT literate
- Evidence of accurately maintaining patient records
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Upper GI Clinical Nurse Specialist Band 6
The closing date is 04 October 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an individual who has a special interest in Upper GI cancer care. An individual who is dynamic, organised, flexible, reliable & compassionate to support patients and their families /carers with an UGI cancer. This would involve patients with an oesophago-gastric cancer diagnosis, through treatment pathways.
The post holder will be an effective core member of our Upper G.I Multidisciplinary team (MDT) demonstrating the highest standard of advanced supportive care in the management of patients with an UGI cancer.
They will be responsible for working as an autonomous expert practitioner with support of the senior CNS team, able to make critical holistic clinical decisions through assessment, monitoring and planning. Facilitating timely investigations, coordinating care & providing information to enable patients to make informed choices.
A high proportion of our patients diagnosed with an UGI cancer have a palliative diagnosis therefore the post holder will need to be prepared for the distressing nature of this role and have mechanisms in place to manage their psychological wellbeing.
Closing date of applications: 4th October 2026
Interview date: 16th October 2026
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